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24.5; Please add index entry for `~ filename suffix' to manual for node `Backup Names'

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#22625: closed (Re: bug#22625: 24.5; Please add index entry
 for `~ filename suffix' to manual for node `Backup Names')
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 13:40:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#22625: 24.5; Please add index entry for `~ filename suffix' to manual for node `Backup Names'

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 22625-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22625: 24.5;
 Please add index entry for `~ filename suffix' to manual for node
 `Backup Names'
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2016 15:39:44 +0200

> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:04:27 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> 
> See http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/20216/105.
> 
> It's a reasonable question.  A user sees files with `~' at the end of
> the name, and wonders what they are.  How to find info about that in the
> manual?

I added index entries, but I really doubt this will help
discoverability: there are 12 index entries in the manual that include
"~", and the new one I added is the 5th hit...

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.5; Please add index entry for `~ filename suffix' to manual for
 node `Backup Names'
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:04:27 -0800 (PST)

Subject line says it all.

See http://emacs.stackexchange.com/q/20216/105.

It's a reasonable question.  A user sees files with `~' at the end of
the name, and wonders what they are.  How to find info about that in the
manual?


In GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2015-04-11 on LEG570
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --prefix=/c/usr --host=i686-pc-mingw32'

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